Neoguri Brings Landslides, Floods to Central Japan

A major storm continued making its way across Japan on Thursday, bringing heavy rain that caused deadly landslides and floods. At least three people have been killed, including a 12-year-old boy whose house was buried in mud in the central...

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Rain caused by Japan's Neoguri creates fatal landside

published:10 Jul 2014

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Rain caused by Japan's Neoguri creates fatal landside

Heavy rain in Japan brought by Typhoon Neoguri has caused three fatalities, extensive damage and forced thousands to leave their homes.
A 12-year-old boy was killed in the central farming town of Nag...

BBC News Typhoon Neoguri batters Japan Okinawa islands

published:09 Jul 2014

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BBC News Typhoon Neoguri batters Japan Okinawa islands

A powerful typhoon has battered the Okinawa islands, in the south of Japan, killing two people and forcing hundreds of thousands to seek shelter.
Typhoon Neoguri passed over the islands on Tuesday, b...

BBC News Japan prepares for Super Typhoon Neoguri

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BBC News Japan prepares for Super Typhoon Neoguri

Japan is bracing itself for the arrival of one of the strongest storms to sweep across the Pacific in decades. Typhoon Neoguri is expected to reach the southern region of Okinawa.
Forecasters say win...

Typhoon Neoguri was a large and powerful tropical cyclone which mainly struck Japan in 2014. Being the eighth named storm and the second typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Neoguri developed into a tropical storm on July 3 and then a typhoon on July 4. The system was named Florita in the Philippines and rapidly deepened on July 5, as well as it continued consolidating with a larger and well-defined eye, reaching peak intensity late on July 6. Neoguri began to decay on July 7 and passed through Okinawa on July 8, before making landfall over Kyushu as a severe tropical storm late on July 9. After Neoguri passed through the southern coast of Shikoku and Kantō region on July 10, it became extratropical on July 11.

Meteorological history

Late on June 30, a tropical disturbance formed about east of Chuuk as a broad area of trough with flaring convection, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that a low-pressure area formed at the same area late on the next day. Late on July 2, JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression, as well as the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert at the same time, because of formative convective banding features under favourable environmental conditions with low vertical wind shear and good outflow. Early on July 3, JMA began to issue tropical cyclone advisories for the system. Moreover, JTWC upgraded it to a tropical depression with flaring and chaotic deep convection. Late on the same day, JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm and designated it as 08W for an increase in organisation of the low-level circulation centre.

JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Neoguri early on July 4, when a microwave imagery revealed that an eyewall was developing. At 09:00 UTC, JMA upgraded Neoguri to a severe tropical storm, as well as the agency even upgraded it to a typhoon only three hours later, when the system continued tracking northwestwards along the southern periphery of a deep subtropical ridge. Late on the same day, JTWC upgraded Neoguri to a typhoon, when the system had further consolidated with an almost continuous eyewall. On July 5, Neoguri rapidly deepened and consolidated as curved banding wrapped tighter into a ragged eye, owing to the robust all-around outflow. At noon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) gave it the local name Florita for entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility.

On July 6, the eye of Neoguri became highly symmetric and attained a large size with a diameter of , when the system was still tracking west-northwestwards along the southern periphery of a deep-layered subtropical ridge to the north. A microwave imagery revealed a small intense convective core and improved convective bands over the southern semi-circle, as well as the radial outflow supported the ongoing intensification. Late on the same day, JTWC upgraded Neoguri to a super typhoon for its contracted eyewall, although the secondary outer eyewall had begun to form. Simultaneously, JMA analysed that Neoguri had reached peak intensity, with ten-minute maximum sustained winds at and atmospheric pressure at .

Early on July 7, Neoguri began to track north-northwestwards along the southwest extension of a deep-layered subtropical ridge, when JTWC reported that the super typhoon had reach peak intensity with one-minute maximum sustained winds at . Under the influence of a very favourable environment, the system had an expansive areal coverage as tightly curved deep convective bands, mostly feeding from the southern flank, wrapped even tighter into the expanding and nearly annular eye. However, the deep convection of the northwestern flank was almost eroded at noon, yet the round eye maintained very well, prompting JTWC downgrading Neoguri to a typhoon late on the same day. Although a digging mid-latitude trough was amplifying the upper-level poleward outflow and helping to maintain the intensity, it increased subsidence along the northwestern quadrant of Neoguri, which significantly hindered the development and caused a weakening trend.

From the evening to early July 8, overall convection of Neoguri significantly increased, when the typhoon began to turn northwards. Later, Neoguri passed between Miyako-jima and Okinawa Island, right before starting to weaken gradually. In the afternoon, convection of Neoguri began to diminish, as well as a noticeable dry slot formed along the eastern semi-circle. The eye became obscured late on the same day, when the interaction with mid-latitude westerly trough was increasing. Early on July 9, increasing vertical wind shear along the northwestern quadrant of Neoguri made deep convection erode very significantly. Soon, JMA downgraded the system to a severe tropical storm when sharply turning eastwards, and cold stratocumulus clouds were streaming into a defined but elongating low-level circulation centre. JTWC downgraded Neoguri to a tropical storm at noon, when the system was tracking along the periphery of the subtropical ridge modified by an approaching mid-latitude trough.

Right before 07:00 JST on July 10 (22:00 UTC on July 9), Neoguri made landfall near Akune, Kagoshima, and the system began to accelerate east-northeastwards. Convection later continued to be greatly sheared southeastwards from the low-level circulation centre which was too broad, elongated, and unravelled to pinpoint, although the poleward outflow enhanced by the strong mid-latitude westerlies continued providing ventilation to the remnant wayward convection. After Neoguri made landfall over the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 18:30 JST (09:30 UTC), JTWC issued the final warning to the fully exposed storm which was becoming extratropical with the forming frontal characteristics at noon, as well as JMA downgraded it to a tropical storm. Neoguri then passed through Izu Peninsula around 02:30 JST on July 11 (17:30 UTC) and made landfall over Futtsu, Chiba right before 05:00 JST (20:00 UTC on July 10).

Early on July 11, Neoguri became an extratropical cyclone east of the Kantō region and continued moving northeastwards. After passing through Iturup and turning northwards late on the same day, the storm became below gale intensity at noon on July 12. Neoguri completely dissipated in the Sea of Okhotsk one day later.

Preparations

On July 6, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned residents in the Ryukyu Islands that Typhoon Neoguri could be among the strongest storms to strike the country; it forecast the storm move through the Ryukyu Islands with a pressure of . The JMA compared it to Typhoon Nancy in 1961, locally called 第2室戸台風 (2nd Muroto Typhoon), which had a pressure of . After the agency started to monitor Neoguri under the local name of "Florita", the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration stated that it did not expect the typhoon to directly impact any part of the Philippines; however, PAGASA did expect the typhoon to enhance the Southwest Monsoon, bringing rains to some regions of the country.

The Japanese refiner company Nansei Sekiyu KK halted operations in Okinawa for the duration of the storm.

On July 9, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled 40 flights collectively, affecting more than 2,000 travelers. Across Kyushu, officials urged nearly 90,000 residents to evacuate; most evacuations were in the city of Amakusa. Offshore drilling operations at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation's Negishi refinery were suspended on July 8 and 9.

In Okinawa Prefecture, 580,000 people in 18 municipalities were advised to evacuate. Fourteen of these municipalities recommended evacuation for the entire area encompassed by the municipality. Local government encouraged people within these municipalities to take shelter should they feel they were in danger, and advised for them to do so in strong buildings.

In the prefectures of Okinawa, Nagano, and Kagoshima, it was reported that there were approximately 10,300 power failures. Three buildings in Nagano Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture were destroyed completely and, in the same prefectures, eight buildings were partially destroyed. Altogether, 19 buildings took damage in Okinawa Prefecture. Agricultural damage throughout Okinawa Prefecture amounted to ¥2.2 billion (US$21.7 million), with the fishing sector sustaining the greatest losses at ¥800 million (US$7.9 million). The forestry industry experienced ¥78.52 million (US$775,000) in losses from 33 landslides across the region.

Out ahead of the storm, a man drowned off the coast of Shikoku after his vessel capsized amid large swells.

The Idol Group HKT48 had a concert scheduled for July 11 that was cancelled due the typhoon. However they did not cancel the other show in Kyuushu, that was held in Fukuoka, July 13.

Heavy rains affected a large swath of northern Honshu, with falling in Nagai, Yamagata and in Kitakata, Fukushima. This resulted in widespread and prolonged flooding, especially in Yamagata Prefecture where 56 homes were inundated and evacuation orders were put in place for Shirataka. Rail service from Akayu Station was suspended due to rail line damage; repairs were expected to take until July 22. Losses throughout Yamagata amounted to at least ¥13.6 billion (US$134 million), with the majority resulting from infrastructural damage.

The typhoon's passage pulled a warm air mass over Japan, resulting in a widespread heat wave with temperatures across eastern Honshu and Hokkaido rose to their highest levels in 2014. Temperatures peaked at in Tatebayashi while Tokyo recorded ; measurements reached in central Hokkaido. Across eight prefectures, the high temperatures resulted in 1 fatality and 152 hospitalizations for heat stroke.

Rain caused by Japan's Neoguri creates fatal landside

Heavy rain in Japan brought by Typhoon Neoguri has caused three fatalities, extensive damage and forced thousands to leave their homes.
A 12-year-old boy was killed in the central farming town of Nagiso after rocks and boulders swept away his home.
Neoguri, which first threatened Japan as a super typhoon, had weakened to a tropical storm by the time it came ashore but was still gusting at up to 126 kph (78 mph).
Heavy rains prompted cancellations of hundreds of flights and trains in the country and more wet weather is expected.

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Typhoon Neoguri lands on mainland Japan

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BBC News Typhoon Neoguri batters Japan Okinawa islands

A powerful typhoon has battered the Okinawa islands, in the south of Japan, killing two people and forcing hundreds of thousands to seek shelter.
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BBC News Japan prepares for Super Typhoon Neoguri

Japan is bracing itself for the arrival of one of the strongest storms to sweep across the Pacific in decades. Typhoon Neoguri is expected to reach the southern region of Okinawa.
Forecasters say winds gusting in excess of 250km/h (150mph) could create 14-metre high waves.
People in the most exposed areas have been told to seek shelter in community centres.

HIROSHIMA:Death toll touches 27 in Japan landslide: Report

The number of people known to have died when a hillside collapsed in western Japan has hit 27, the government said on Wednesday, with a further 10 people still unaccounted for.
The figures came following a morning of intense efforts to reach those believed buried in their splintered homes by mud in Hiroshima after the overnight landslide.
"According to the National Police Agency, the death toll has risen to 27 and 10 others are still unaccounted for," said an official of the disaster management office, a government body.
Among the dead was a 53-year-old rescuer, who was killed by a secondary landslide after he had pulled five people to safety, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
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